Newspaper holder



G. HOCK NEWS PAPER HOLDER April 1 1924.

Filed June 29. 1922 m k m J Gen/:99 Hock WW All J GEGBGE HOCK, 033 LES ANGELES, CALEFGRNIA.

NEW'SI AIPEE I'EULDER.

Application filed Shine 25, 192

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE H0011, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented new and provision of a newspaper holder of extreme-- ly simple, efficient and durable construction which is particularly adapted for sustaining a plurality of newspapers in convenient position upon the body so as to permit of their being readily carried and singly withdrawn as when vending.

Although I will describe only one form of newspaper holder embodying my invention and point the novel features thereof in claims, it is to be understood that various changes and modifications may be made herein without departing from the spirit of the invention and the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is a View showing a perspective of one form of newspaper holder embodying my invention;

Figure 2 is a view similar to Figure 1 showing a plurality of newspapers within the holder;

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a fragmentary perspective view showing a slightly modified form of holder in applied position with respect to a belt.

Referring specifically to the drawings, in which similar reference characters refer to similar parts, my invention in its present embodiment comprises a substantially l.- shaped and relatively wide strip of substantially rigid metal, such strip including; a base portion 15 and an upstanding portion 16, the latter being bowed longitudinally so as to conform to the contour of thehip of a person to which the holder is attached. The holder as a unit is sustained on the body by any suitable means, such as a belt 17, the upper end of the portion 16 being riveted to a curved plate 18 and between which a portion of the belt 17 is interposed.

To the free edge of the base portion 15 angle plate 19 is riveted or otherwise secured, this plate being substantially V- Serial No. S'E'L'YGY.

shaped in cross section and having the upper portion thereof riveted to arms 20 so as to maintain the latter in parallel spaced relation. The ns 20 are formed of resilient metal and are connected to the angle plate 19 in such manner that their upper ends normally contact with a cross bar 21 rivetedto the upper end of the portion 16. For the purpose of reinforcing the cross bar,its ends are bent upon themselves as indicated at 22. The upper ends of the arms 20 are flared outwardly as indicated at 23, so as to facilitate the insertion and removal of newspapers from the holder. For moving the arms outwardly so as to permit of the insertion of newspapers into the holder, a handle 24 is riveted at its ends to the arms so as to span the latter. This handle is preferably arranged adjacent the upper ends of the arms so as to secure the greatest possible leverage in moving the arms to open position.

in practice, the holder is suspended upon the body by means of the belt 17, it being understood that the belt is arranged about the waist so that the vertical portion 16 engages the hip of the wearer. As previously tated, the portion 16 is curved so as to snugy embrace the hip and to thereby prevent the holder from interfering with the wearer when walking. To fill the holder with newspapers, the handle 24 is gripped and pulled outwardly so as to move the upper ends of the arms 20 in spaced relation to the bar 21. The newspapers may now be inserted so that their lower edges are supported upon the base in the manner clearly shown in Figure 2. The handle is now released and under the resiliency of the arms they automatically move to clamping position with respect to the newspapers, thereby preventing the accidental displacement of the latter from the holder. t is to be understood thatthe newspapers may be readily removed from the holder for vending purposes, as the newspapers are gripped only at their upper edges.

in Figure T have shown the upper end of the member 16 provided with hooks 25 which are adapted to removably engage any belt 26 of conventional form. These hoolrs obviously sustain the holder as a unit upon the belt and eliminate the necessity of permanently securing the holder to the belt as in the form shown in Figures 1 and 3.

I claim:

1. A holder of the character described Hit) comprising a substantially L-shaped member including a vertical portion curved to conform to the contour of a portion of the body, and resilient arms fixed to the horizontal portion of said member and normally urged toward the vertical portion and adapted to co-act therewith for securing articles between the member and arms.

2. A holder of the character described, comprising a substantially L-shape member, an upwardly extending lip on the free end of the horizontal portion of said member, and spaced arms of resilient material secured to said lip and extending in the direction of the upper end of the vertical portion of said member.

3. A holder of the character described, comprising a substantially L-shape member,

an upwardly extending lip on the free end of the horizontal portion of said member, spaced arms of resilient material secured to said lip and extending in the direction of the upper end of the vertical portion of said member, and a handle rigidly connecting said arms.

4:. A holder of the character described, comprising a substantially L-shape member, an angle plate secured to the free end of the horizontal portion of said member, a pair of resilient arms secured at their lower ends to said plate, and inclined toward the upper end of the vertical portion of said member, and a handle rigidly connecting the arms.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification. V

' GEORGE HOCK 

